7.1
Table Of Contents
- Life Cycle Extensibility
- Contents
- Life Cycle Extensibility
- Machine Extensibility Overview
- Extending Machine Lifecycles By Using vRealize Orchestrator
- Configuring Workflow Subscriptions to Extend vRealize Automation
- Event Topics Provided with vRealize Automation
- Workflow Subscriptions and Event Broker Terminology
- Blockable and Replyable Event Topics
- Best Practices for Creating vRealize Orchestrator Workflows for Workflow Subscriptions
- Workflow Subscription Settings
- Working with Provisioning and Life Cycle Workflow Subscriptions
- Configuring vRealize Orchestrator Workflows for Provisioning and Life Cycle Workflows
- Workflow Subscription Life Cycle State Definitions
- Configuring the Timeout Values for States and Events
- Configuring the Error Behavior for States and Events
- Scenario: Take a Post-Provisioning Snapshot of a Virtual Machine
- Working with Approval Workflow Subscriptions
- Troubleshooting Workflow Subscriptions
- Troubleshooting vRealize Orchestrator Workflows That Do Not Start
- Troubleshooting Provisioning Requests That Take Too Much Time
- Troubleshooting a vRealize Orchestrator Workflow That Does Not Run for an Approval Request
- Troubleshooting a Rejected Approval Request That Should Be Approved
- Troubleshooting a Rejected Approval Request
- Extending Machine Life Cycles By Using vRealize Automation Designer
- Extending Machine Life Cycles By Using vRealize Automation Designer Checklist
- Installing and Configuring vRealize Automation Designer
- Customizing IaaS Workflows By Using vRealize Automation Designer
- Workflows and Distributed Execution Management
- CloudUtil Command Reference
- vRealize Automation Workflow Activity Reference
GetMachineProperties
Gets the list of custom properties associated with a machine.
Table 8‑21. GetMachineProperties Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
MachineId Guid The machine whose properties to retrieve.
Table 8‑22. GetMachineProperties Activity Output Parameters
Argument Type Description
Properties Dictionary<string, string> List of the machine’s properties. Values are returned decrypted if
they were stored encrypted.
GetMachineProperty
Gets the value of the specified property for a machine.
Table 8‑23. GetMachineProperty Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
MachineId Guid The machine from which to retrieve a property.
PropertyName String Name of the property whose value to return.
IsRequired bool If the property is required and is not found the activity throws an
exception, otherwise returns null.
Table 8‑24. GetMachineProperty Activity Output Parameters
Argument Type Description
PropertyValue String Value of the property specified by PropertyName. The value is
returned decrypted if it was stored encrypted.
GetScriptFromName
Gets the contents of the script stored in the Model Manager under the specified name.
Table 8‑25. GetScriptFromName Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
ScriptName String Name in the Model Manager of the script to retrieve.
ScriptVersion Object (Optional) Version in the Model Manager of the script to retrieve.
Default is 0.0.
Table 8‑26. GetScriptFromName Activity Output Parameters
Argument Type Description
ScriptContent String Contents of the script identified by ScriptName.
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